Manitowoc council rejects rezoning proposal

Commercial office building on Cleveland Avenue nixed

10:35 PM,
Jan. 21, 2013

Representing Maritime Pointe subdivision homeowners, Eric Volcheff Monday night urged the Manitowoc City Council to reject rezoning land on Cleveland Avenue to allow creation of a commercial office building. The council agreed with Volcheff in opposing a new ordinance.

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The City Council Monday night rejected 6-3 an ordinance that would have rezoned three parcels of land on Cleveland Avenue from "R-5 Low Density Multiple Family" to "B-1 Office- Residential.

"I'm comfortable where I'm at," financial advisor Nathan Raddatz said in the wake of the council not adopting an ordinance that would likely have led to his purchase of one acre of land and building a new 6,200-square-foot, two-story commercial office building at a cost of about $750,000.

His Ameriprise Financial office currently is about a half mile away on Maritime Drive. He had said his proposal shows ...